Rescued by Super Agent Toby Barnett
Sometimes in real estate, as in life, you get yourself in a pickle and need to lean on a friend to help you out. Today when we needed help, Toby Barnett, our Super Agent pal in Snohomish County, came to our rescue. Toby Barnett Our plight is a long and complicated story. We won’t bore you with all the details. It involves a lender …
Icicle Creek Real Estate on Facebook
Are you a fan of Icicle Creek Real Estate on Facebook? If you are, thanks so much. We are so excited that almost 400 of you have joined us on Facebook where we share photos and interesting tidbits about Leavenworth and real estate. 400 fans is an amazing amount of support. That’s more fans than all of our competitors in Leavenworth have put together! …
Today Show is Coming to Leavenworth
The Christmas Lights are up in Leavenworth and that means that NBC’s Today Show is coming to Leavenworth Courtesy of Peachland Joe on Flickr I don’t know how often the Today Show has visited Leavenworth but I’m pretty sure this is at least the 3rd occasion. (Correction, ABC’s Good Morning America has …
Has the Leavenworth Real Estate Market Recovered?
We get clients and friends asking us all the time: Has the Leavenworth Real Estate Market Recovered? Since the market is fluid and dynamic it really depends on what time periods we are comparing. For this discussion, I broke the history of the Leavenworth real estate market into three time periods. The real estate boom. 2006-2007. I used the color green for this period …
Banff Film Festival Leavenworth 2012
We are once again proud to announce that IcicleCreekHomes.com is the title sponsor of the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour as it comes to Leavenworth again this year. As in recent years the Banff Film Festival Leavenworth films will be shown at the Leavenworth Festhalle on November 20th, 2012 The Banff Mountain Film Festival, a program of The Banff Centre, is the largest, …
Front Street in Leavenworth Revitalized
We’ve written in the past (here and also here) about the facelift that Front Street in Leavenworth was going to get coming into town from the east and we are happy to announce that it is finished just in time for Oktoberfest. We think it looks great and it is a nice improvement for local businesses as well as the condo owners at Cascade Crest …
Condo Sales in Leavenworth | Fall 2012
It’s been over a year since we did a report on condo sales in Leavenworth. As of today’s date, 2012 is a much stronger year for condo sales than 2011. Only 8 condominiums sold in Leavenworth through September of 2011, but 14 have closed so far in 2012. Condo sales in Leavenworth appear to be on par with 2010 when 15 condominiums had sold …
Wenatchee and Leavenworth Forest Fire Update
This post is from 2012. If you are looking for more current info please click on one of the following links: Chiwaukum Fire – Leavenworth WA 2014 Eagle Fire – Leavenworth WA 2013 For those not currently in the Wenatchee Valley we thought we should catch you up on the Wenatchee and Leavenworth forest fire news. Lightning storms on Saturday September 8 …
Leavenworth Has Two Record Months of Home Sales
We were pretty excited to share with you the news that a record number of Leavenworth homes closed in July. It turns out that August wasn’t too shabby either. Fourteen homes sold in August which is pretty amazing compared to almost any month but July of 2012. How do these numbers compare to recent records for home sales in Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee? These …
Record July Home Sales in Leavenworth
We have been seeing reports about increasing real estate sales and even increasing prices for a few months now. The real estate market in Leavenworth has slowly but surely been improving for sellers. This month has been more than just an improvement – we have seen record July home sales in Leavenworth for 2012. Photo courtesy of Justin Liew on Flickr More homes have sold in Leavenworth …